Track-sanding device.



J. CASSIDY.

TRACK SANDING DEVICE.

APPLICATlON FILED 0CT. 17,I914. 1,148,829. Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

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J. CASSIDY.

TRACK SANDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 17. 1914 1,148,829. Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

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TRACK SANDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 17. 1914.

Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

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COLUMBIA PLA JAMES CASSIDY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TRACK-SANDING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

Application filed October 17, 1914. Serial N 0. 867,175.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES C'AssmY, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Track-Sanding D evices,of which the followingis a specification.

Thi invention relates to a sanding device which is installed on motorand other cars, for the purpose of sanding the track on which said carsare propelled.

The object of the invention are to obtain a sanding device by means ofwhich the tracks can be sanded before one or more of the wheels of thecar, when the car is moving forward, at the will of the operator of thedevice; and a device by means of which the track can be sanded to therear of certain and determined ones of the wheels of said car.

A further object is to obtain a device of the kind named which isoperative at either end of the car on which the device is installed.

Further objects are to obtain a device which is not liable to get out oforder, or be broken; which is economically made, and is simple inconstruction.

To those familiar with the operation of electric motor cars it is knownthat at times it is desirable to discharge sand in front of but one pairof the wheels of the car; at other times it is desirable to dischargesand in front of more than one pair of said wheels; and at times it isdesirable, to prevent the car from slipping down a grade, or to movewith certainty down said grade, to discharge to the rear of one or moreof said pair of wheels.

I have illustrated a device embodyingthis invention in the drawingsaccompanying and forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1is a side elevation of a car with the device installed therein, theupper part of the car being removed. Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic view ofthe device and of a portion of a car. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of theaxles and wheels of a car with this device in place thereto. Fig. 4 is aview on line 44 of Fig. 5, viewed in the direction indicated by thearrows. Fig. 5 is a section view on line 5-5 of Fig. 4:, viewed in thedirection indicated by the arrows. Fig. -6 is a side elevation of thevalve and adjacent parts of the device. Fig. 7 is a vertical section ofthe lower end of the vertical shaft and tube shafts by means of whichthe device is actuated. And Fig. 8 is a side elevation of a modificationof location of the valve and adjacent pipes. Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 are onan enlarged scale.

A reference character applied to a given part indicates said partthroughout the several figures of the drawings, wherever the same areillustrated.

X is the floor of a car.

Y, 3/, are the wheels of said car.

Z are the side beams, and Z the side beams of the platform of the car.

A is a vertical shaft, and a, (Fig. 3) are handle by means of which saidshaft is actuated.

B is a vertical tube, shaft A, to turn with said shaft.

C is an additional vertical tube, mounted on tube B, to turn with orindependently of tube B and shaft A. Handle a is arranged, to actuateeither or both of the tubes B and C with the shaft A, or to actuateshaft A only, as desired, by a construction which forms no part of thisinvention.

D is a chain wheel which is rigidly secured on shaft A, at the lowerendthereof, E is a like wheelon tube B and F, F like which is mounted on orindependently of wheels on tube C.

G, boxes.

K, L, M and N are valves to said sand boxes, respectively, and 70, Z, mand n are the levers by means of which said valves are actuated.

O are springs which yieldingly hold the several valves K, L, M and N ina normal and closed position.

9,7t, z and j are sand pipes to direct sand flowing through the valveswith which they are respectively attached to the track on which wheelsY, y rest.

P, Q, R and S are rock shafts which are mounted underneath the floor ofthe car.

T are arms which are rigidly secured to shafts P, Q, R and S,respectively, and t are additional arms which are also rigidly securedto said rock shafts, near the ends thereof.

U are links respectively connecting arms 2. with the levers 70, Z, m anda.

V, V V V are connecting chains and H, I, and J, respectively, are sandrods which are applied as follows z-I-Iaving reference to Fig. 1, wheresaid connections are shown from one platform only of the car, (to avoidconfusion in said Figi), a

v end to wheel F and at the other'end to arm sand will flowthrough T ofrock shaft Q. These connections are also well illustrated in Figs. 2 and3, in addition to the like connections from the other platform of thecar, which are,-con neotion V attached to chain wheel D and arm T ofshaft 8 connection V attached at one end to wheel E and at the other endto arm T of shaft Q: connection V attached at one end to wheel, F and,at the other end to arm Tof shaft P, and'connection V 'attached' at oneend to wheel F and at the other end to arm T of shaftR. I

Assuming the right hand end v of the car in Figs. 1,2 and '3 to be thefront end, when shaft A is turned, by means of handle a, the connectionV will be 'moved longitudinally toward the right, and; rock shaft P willbe moved, to open valves K of sand boxes G, and sand will flow from saidboxes Gr. through said valves and through pipes g in front of wheels ywhich are adjacent'to said pipe g; and this is the usual sandingrequlred If what I term an emergency sanding is required theshaft Aand-tube shaft B also are turned, by means of handle a, and in'additionto the sanding of the track through the pipe 9, the connection V will bemoved longitudinally, and valves M of sand boxes I will be opened andpipes 2' in front of wheels Y, which are adjacent to said pipes i. Ifthe car he on a grade, or itis'desired to back the car, andfit isnecessary to sand the track to the rear of some of, the wheels thereof,the shaft A and tube shaft C are turned, and thereby in addition tosanding the track through pipe g, as hereinbefore described, connectionsV and V will be moved; longitudinally, the valves N and L will beopened, and sand will flow through the pipesj and h to the rear ofwheels y (at the left hand end of the car) and wheels Y of thetru'ck atthe right hand end. In Fig. 8 arm't is shown as extending down from rockshaft Q, to permit the valve L to be lowered, and sand box H to beplaced below the floor X of the car. To make this arrangement it issimply necessary to place said rock shaft Q, on the other side of thesand boxes H from which they are illustratedpin Figs. 1, Qand 3, and toplacethe sand box which is shown at the lower end of Fig. 3 onthe upperend, and

.at said othe'rend, when gitudinally movable thereto.

the one on the upper end at the lower end; that is, to change said sandboxes to opposite sides of the car.

In placing this already has sand above the floor of device on a .carwhich boxes at the ends, and the car the arrangement ofle'versgor arms,chain wheels,'ro'ck: shafts and S, thereto, and valves K and will bepreferably as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 8, while the shafts Q, andIt may be actuated as isillustrated in Fig. "7, to permit the placingofsand boxes H and I below the floorX;

YVhether the sand boxes be above or below the floor. the shaft'A andtube shaftsB and G are unchanged, together with chain wheels D, E, F andF, with the connections V, V Vtand V.-*,thereto, respectively.

Theseveral connections V, W, V? and V comprise a short length of chainat the ends thereof, respectively, so that the" chain at one end maywind around its corresponding chain wheel, and movement of the arm T atthe other end is permitted by the chainv the chain wheel at said otherend is turned. I I

a m c 1. A car, provided with trucks, a plurality of axles in said,trucks, and'wheels on i said axles, sand boxes, valves arranged tocontrol the Cl1Sh2LIgQ of, sand from said boxes, and gu de spoutsfromsaid valves, in

combination with rock shafts, connections between said rock shafts andsaid valves,

separably movable vertical shafts at both endsof said car, andconnections between all the shafts at both ends of said car and all ofsaid rock shafts, whereby selectedones of said rock shafts may beoperated from both ends of said car, h

- 2. A car, a plurality ofvertical shafts at each end of said'car and aplurality of rock shafts to saidcar, 'in'combination with lonconnections, means to attach one end of said, connections to saidvertical. shafts at one end, of; said car and means to attach the otherend of said, conn'ecti'ons to said rock shafts, additionallongitudinally movable connections, means to attach one end-of, saidadditional connections to said vertical, shafts at the other end'of saidcar and means to attach the other end of said additional connections tosaid rock shafts, sand boxes, valves corresponding in number to thenumber of said rock shafts, means to conduct sand from'sa id boxes tosaid valves, connections between said valves and said rock shafts, anddirecting pipes from said valves; all arranged sothat the turning of agiven number of; said vertical shafts turns a determined number of saidrock shafts toactuate the valves connected of vertical, shafts at 3.A'car, a plurality and wheels on said one end of, said car,

shafts, at the lower ends thereof, to turn therewith, a plurality ofrock shafts and arms on said rock shafts, in combination withlongitudinally movable connections, said connections comprising endsadapted to extend around said Wheels, rods, and additional ends offlexible material respectively attached to said arms, sand boxes, valvescorresponding in number with the number of said rock shafts, means toconduct sand from said boxes to said valves, additional arms on saidrock shafts, links connecting said additional arms to said valves, anddirecting pipes from said valves.

4. A car, a plurality of vertical shafts at the ends of said car, Wheelson said shafts, a plurality of rock shafts, and arms on said rockshafts, in combination with longitudinally movable connectionsrespectively comprising ends adapted to be wound around said Wheels andends adapted to be attached to said arms to permit movement of said armsWithout corresponding movement of the body of said connections, saidbody consisting of rods, sand boxes, valves corresponding in number withthe number of said rock shafts, means to conduct sand from said boxes tosaid valves, additional arms on said rock shafts, links connecting saidadditional arms to said valves, and directing pipes from said valves,all arranged so that the turning of a given number of said verticalshafts at one end of said car turns a determined number of said rockshafts to actuate the valves linked thereto.

JAMES CASSIDY.

In the presence of GOLDEN WELLS RYAN, CHARLES TURNER BROWN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). 0.

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